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Dear Sir | Dear Sir | ||
I | I Recd your favour of the 25th Ultimo & Note the Contents I sent you the Inv.o of Cloathing & from the Towns of Preston & Groton with the Clothing - & now Inclose Invo of the Cloathing from Norwich forwarded by Capt Perkins £4724 - Besides Packing Cask & c - I should have sent it Before but the Committee Coud not make it out till they had made up the Whole of the Cloth Procured in the Rcts of the Cloathing from this Town they Intend to Deliver by the 2d Inst - it is Probable there will be a Surplus of shirts - if it shoud be the Case shoud be glad to know if you will enable me to Buy them - I wrote you the 28th Sept. that I had engaged 4 doz Castor Hatts - 3 doz Beaver & [[Atl?]] 1000 felt & Desird to Know if you woud have me Buy more & Cou'd help me to pay for them but have not had the pleasure of your Answer - I shall have a little more money then to pay for the Hatts Engagd when I Can get the money on the order but have not Recd any as yet & have Promisd the Whole for those Hatts the 1st of Novr. - therefore thot not safe to Engage any more untill the order was Settled - I did not Review any Hatts Before the 1st Inst - Genl Huntington wrote me to know if you had ordrd the Soldier Hatts Bound he seemd to wish to have them so if the Expense want Great he also Desird to have a Beaver Hatt for himself Reservd - I wrote him I had no order to Bind them nor did I know the Expense - as I did not know what to bind them with I suppose white Tape Might answer - I told him I woud save him a Hatt if it was agreable to you - if you want home made Cloth (Woolen) I Believe I Coud Buy some (as I have been offerd Considerable) if I had the Needful & knew what kind was wanted & the Price you give in General am D Sir your Most Humble Servant | ||
A Huntington | A Huntington | ||
Chauncey Whittlesey Esq | Chauncey Whittlesey Esq | ||
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Norwich Octbr 12th 1779 Dear Sir I Recd your favour of the 25th Ultimo & Note the Contents I sent you the Inv.o of Cloathing & from the Towns of Preston & Groton with the Clothing - & now Inclose Invo of the Cloathing from Norwich forwarded by Capt Perkins £4724 - Besides Packing Cask & c - I should have sent it Before but the Committee Coud not make it out till they had made up the Whole of the Cloth Procured in the Rcts of the Cloathing from this Town they Intend to Deliver by the 2d Inst - it is Probable there will be a Surplus of shirts - if it shoud be the Case shoud be glad to know if you will enable me to Buy them - I wrote you the 28th Sept. that I had engaged 4 doz Castor Hatts - 3 doz Beaver & Atl? 1000 felt & Desird to Know if you woud have me Buy more & Cou'd help me to pay for them but have not had the pleasure of your Answer - I shall have a little more money then to pay for the Hatts Engagd when I Can get the money on the order but have not Recd any as yet & have Promisd the Whole for those Hatts the 1st of Novr. - therefore thot not safe to Engage any more untill the order was Settled - I did not Review any Hatts Before the 1st Inst - Genl Huntington wrote me to know if you had ordrd the Soldier Hatts Bound he seemd to wish to have them so if the Expense want Great he also Desird to have a Beaver Hatt for himself Reservd - I wrote him I had no order to Bind them nor did I know the Expense - as I did not know what to bind them with I suppose white Tape Might answer - I told him I woud save him a Hatt if it was agreable to you - if you want home made Cloth (Woolen) I Believe I Coud Buy some (as I have been offerd Considerable) if I had the Needful & knew what kind was wanted & the Price you give in General am D Sir your Most Humble Servant A Huntington
Chauncey Whittlesey Esq